Professor Zhang Deming, President of Shanghai TV University, will receive the prize on behalf of his university for its project Turning the Digital Divide into Digital Opportunity: The Project for Building the Digital Lifelong Learning System in Shanghai.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The goal needs to shift from one of making a system that teaches children a curriculum more efficiently and getting better test scores to one of making the system more effective by inspiring lifelong learning in students , so that they are able to have full and productive lives in a rapidly shifting economy.

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Support STEM and entrepreneurship education in your K-12 system and ensure colleges and universities have robust lifelong learning strategies that reach and serve all parts of the local community.

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